Which of the following represents the correct indirect speech for the sentence: 'She exclaimed, 'What a beautiful painting!'?'a)She exclaimed that it was a beautiful painting.b)She exclaimed what a beautiful painting it was.c)She exclaimed that it is a beautiful painting.d)She exclaimed what a beautiful painting.Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

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In indirect speech, we report someone else's words without using their exact words. We need to change the tense, pronouns, and some words according to the rules of indirect speech.

The given sentence is: 'She exclaimed, 'What a beautiful painting!''

To convert this sentence into indirect speech, we need to consider the following rules:

1. Reporting verb: The reporting verb 'exclaimed' should be changed to a suitable reporting verb. In this case, we can use 'exclaimed' itself.

2. Reporting clause: The reporting clause should introduce the reported statement. It usually consists of a reporting verb and a conjunction or a that-clause. In this case, we can use 'that' as the conjunction.

3. Tense change: The tense of the reported speech needs to be changed according to the rules. In this case, the sentence is in present tense, so we need to change it to past tense.

4. Pronoun change: The pronouns in the reported speech may need to be changed according to the context. In this case, we don't have any pronouns to change.

Now let's analyze the options:

a) She exclaimed that it was a beautiful painting.
- This option correctly uses the reporting verb 'exclaimed' and introduces the reported statement using the conjunction 'that'. It also changes the tense of the reported speech to past tense, which is required. This is the correct indirect speech conversion.

b) She exclaimed what a beautiful painting it was.
- This option uses the reporting verb 'exclaimed' correctly, but it does not introduce the reported statement using the conjunction 'that'. Instead, it uses a question word 'what' to introduce the reported statement. This is not the correct indirect speech conversion.

c) She exclaimed that it is a beautiful painting.
- This option incorrectly uses the present tense in the reported speech. The tense should be changed to past tense. This is not the correct indirect speech conversion.

d) She exclaimed what a beautiful painting.
- This option is similar to option b and does not introduce the reported statement using the conjunction 'that'. It also does not include the verb 'was' to change the tense of the reported speech. This is not the correct indirect speech conversion.

Therefore, the correct indirect speech conversion for the given sentence is option a) 'She exclaimed that it was a beautiful painting.'

Answer

When reporting exclamations in indirect speech, the structure usually changes to a declarative sentence. Hence, the correct transformation is 'She exclaimed that it was a beautiful painting.'

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